Template:Respell
Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]This template formats pronunciation respellings of English words. It puts the input in italics, hyphenates each value so it will represent a syllable, and links to Help:Pronunciation respelling key. Stressed syllables are input in uppercase and will appear slightly smaller than usual uppercase letters.
Notation must be spelled accordingly to the respelling key at Help:Pronunciation respelling key. For example, the word pronunciation (IPA: /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/) is respelled prə-NUN-see-AY-shən; using this template, the formatting is:
{{respell|prə|NUN|see|AY|shən}}→ prə-NUN-see-AY-shən
How to use
On Wikipedia, respelling is most commonly used to help clarify the pronunciation of a name or topic in the lead section or introductory paragraph of an article. Per the Manual of Style, respelling may only follow and augment a corresponding International Phonetic Alphabet template (e.g., {{IPAc-en}}) and may never be used in place of one. The template provides a link to a key so that readers may easily discover how to pronounce an easily mispronounced or difficult-to-pronounce word. For example:
- Worcestershire (/ˈwʊstərʃər/ WUUS-tər-shər) is a county located in central England.
'''Worcestershire''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ʊ|s|t|ər|ʃ|ər}} {{respell|WUUS|tər|shər}}) is a county located in central [[England]].
Common practice is to put no punctuation except one space between the IPA and the respelling for clarity, as in:
- Massachusetts (/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, /-zɪts/ -zits) is the most populous state in New England.
'''Massachusetts''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|æ|s|ə|ˈ|tʃ|uː|s|ɪ|t|s}} {{respell|MASS|ə|CHOO|sits}}, {{IPAc-en|-|z|ɪ|t|s}} {{respell|-zits}}) is the most populous state in [[New England]].
Any argument containing an underscore or beginning or ending with a hyphen will not generate adjoining hyphens and will instead turn the underscore into a space, allowing for denoting word boundaries, alternate pronunciations, and affix ellipses. For example:
- Avram Noam Chomsky:
{{respell|av|RAHM|_|NOHM|_|CHOM|skee}}→ av-RAHM NOHM CHOM-skee - Copenhagen:
{{respell|KOH|pən|HAY|gən|,_-|HAH|-}}→ KOH-pən-HAY-gən, -HAH-
An argument beginning in (- or ending in -) will also suppress the extra hyphen, so that optional syllables can be indicated.
Examples
- Ceres /ˈsɪəriːz/ SEER-eez
{{respell|SEER|eez}}
- Haumea /haʊˈmeɪə/ how-MAY-ə
{{respell|how|MAY|ə}}
- algorithm /ˈælɡərɪðəm/ AL-gə-ridh-əm
{{respell|AL|gə|ridh|əm}}
- Makemake /ˌmɑːkeɪˈmɑːkeɪ/ MAH-kay-MAH-kay
{{respell|MAH|kay|MAH|kay}}
- disestablishmentarianism /dɪsəˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ dis-ə-STAB-lish-mən-TAIR-ee-ə-niz-əm
{{respell|dis|ə|STAB|lish|mən|TAIR|ee|ə|niz|əm}}
- Pan /pæn/ PAN
{{respell|PAN}}
- machine /məˈʃiːn/ mə-SHEEN
{{respell|mə|SHEEN}}
- overconsume /ˌoʊvərkənˈsjuːm/ OH-vər-kən-SEWM
{{respell|OH|vər|kən|SEWM}}
- Azerbaijan /ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN
{{respell|AZ|ər|by|JAHN}}
- if you wish upon a star /ˌɪf juː ˈwɪʃ əˌpɒn ə ˈstɑːr/ IF yoo WISH ə-PON ə STAR
{{respell|IF|_|yoo|_|WISH|_|ə|PON|_|ə|_|STAR}}
- betting odds /ˈbɛtɪŋ ɒdz/ BET-ing odz
{{respell|BET|ing|_|odz}}
- Jazze Pha /ˈdʒæzi ˈfeɪ/ JAZ-ee FAY
{{respell|JAZ|ee|_|FAY}}
Documentation
|link=no cancels the link to Help:Pronunciation respelling key. This is for documentation outside the main namespace only.
{{respell|prə|NUN|see|AY|shən|link=no}}→ prə-NUN-see-AY-shən
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